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Aaron LaPedis is the Garage Sale Millionaire, an authority on garage sales and estate sales, antiques, auctions and collecting. He is the owner of Fascination St. Fine Art gallery in Denver. In March, 2010, LaPedis published the book, The Garage Sale Millionaire, which was named a finalist for The Best Books Award 2010 and the National Indie Excellence Book Award.

Career
LaPedis was born in Redwood City, Calif., in 1965 and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado-Boulder. In the art and collectible business since 1989, LaPedis has owned two art galleries, opening Fascination St. Fine Art in 1993. Artists that have exhibited at Fascination St. Fine Art include Peter Max, Michael Godard, Thomas Arvid, Ronnie Wood and Michael Flohr.

Beyond art, LaPedis has become an expert on memorabilia and antiques. From 2008-2010 LaPedis hosted Collect This! on Rocky Mountain PBS in his hometown of Denver; each month the show reached 1.5 million viewers nationally. On the show, LaPedis explained how to determine the value of items found at garage sales, ranging from coins to toys, art to sports collectibles. He subsequently guest-hosted a collectibles show on Dish Network.

LaPedis has been interviewed about his collecting expertise on numerous occasions, including on The Discovery Channel, as well as in Entrepreneur Magazine and The Denver Post. LaPedis specializes in determining the value of Presidential collectibles and was the subject of an interview on that topic by The Denver Post. The newspaper did a four-part series on LaPedis in 2010, during which he offered insights in how to profit at auctions.

Writing
LaPedis, who has written for The Denver Business Journal, now writes a monthly column for The Denver Post, answering questions about collectibles and how to get the highest price for items you sell. He has also written for the newspaper about coins and storage unit auctions.

In 2010 he published The Garage Sale Millionaire, which sold out in its first edition and has been reissued in an expanded second edition. The book offers detailed instruction on how individuals can identify collectible items at sales that, when re-sold, will earn money in excess of the purchase price.